Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn't 'Zionist propaganda'

There’s a joke in Blazing Saddles, about an event that took place several thousand years ago, that maybe hasn’t aged so well. It’s in the scene where Harvey Korman’s conniving Attorney General Hedley Lamarr brainstorms plans to clear away the town of Rock Ridge. Lamarr’s lackey Taggart, played by Slim Pickens, makes a modest proposal:... The post Dear internet: Having Jews in movies isn’t ‘Zionist propaganda’ appeared first on The Forward.